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THE' LONDON JOURNAtS. DAU.T EXTRACTS FROM THE .11ORNING PAPERS„. APRIL 22, 1826.. • • [TIM Timms.] One ofthe usual, and most ,fearful. consequences of famine has ensued at Blackburn, in Lancashire — namely, riot ; and it is more than probable, if great care be not taken, that disease may follow. The ltiot Act was read; and the military put in motion ; but it doe* not appear that any lives have been lost or .blood shed. We= would wish it to be understood by the distressed workmen themselves; that though we have described riot as the ordinary consequence of famine, it it by' no means a justifiable consequence ; nor is it at all t 'ealeulated to relieve; but rather to aggravate, the rniserylsy which it has been preceded Property, we • tan:, tell them , must be protected, and particularly that iipet4es of property against which their blind rage is moat exerted—property consisting in mechanical inven tions ; for it is owing to capital and machinery united, that we have obtained such vast advantages over all other manufacturing . states. Let us put out of the ques tion the many power-looms that havebeen made abroad. 114 w many have been even sent out of this country without the knowledge of Government?" And if we are to be the only people not allowed to use them, when all know ,how to snake them more or less perfectly, we of -course shall be the only people who must cease frUin manufacturing even for ourselves, inasmuch as our neighbours wine able to , supply us more cheaply. Let the workmen,. also, at Blackburn, recollect the exertions that havebeen made , by the wealthier inha bitants of the place and neighbourhood to alleviate the distress; the public meetings that were held, and the division of the towninto.districts,, for the purpose of being visited, and. more easily receiving relief: and let them ask themselves whether suck kindness merits a return of violence and outrage. We observe part also, that a of the master manufacturers have entered into resolutions to pay higher wages—higher perhaps than they can well afford, in the present depressed state of trade and the , condition of the money-market ; for at other time, tompetition will always ensure high wages to the good -workman. But, in the mean time has Government .done ? They have sent sol dress to quell the Act.. Have- they sent nothing else ? I.is hard to give men`who ask for bread, bullets and bayonets, and: only bayonets and bullets. We trust that while Government has controlled the excesses of the sufferers, it has. also " relieved their pain," or as sisted in relieving their pain. Otherwise, it has not acted with paternaLkindness, or even Christian huma nity.. From the case of the wretched murderer and suicide Pollard, and of others who have perpetrated atrocious crimes under the beastly influence of eXcessive drink ing, we wish that' some effectual means could be taken to render drunkenness a vice of less frequent and ge-. neral occurrence: If Ministers have a taste for high duties, there is not in; the' whole range Of:taxable com modities, one whick - would more deserve the severest visitation of the exciseman, than 'that of home-Made spirits ; ,Or which might be more honestly and pro htahly discouraged than the - iniportation of spirits fiom abroad. The moderate consumption of beer noes, generally spealang„ for health and. comfort ; that of gin, ,and..rurn, and brandy, . hardlLever. stops 4i'the point ••of -seduces,' inflames, and Maddens. It is 'lice and • misery, and nothing else. When, therefore-, tlie Minister Caine' . forward, on several 'successive 'occasions, lately, and proposed the redtiction i f vaffeits:•• by way of relief to the people, it was with. some astonishment that we saw a Atirtuttution in the spirit duties preferred to one in other Urn - itches of the revenue, where real case would have _her affor 4 ded, and: where the interests of morality .iroidd not hai a been wounded as they have been, in . a degree the 'most deplorable, by the invitations thtis held out to a more• desperate and reckleas indulgence in the use of, spirits. If the Prime Minister dia.' 'charged his . trust - with the wisdom and humanity. "Which his country has a rightto expect at his hands, he would lay on , spirits of all descriptions the very highest tax that could be made 'instrumental to their Banishment from general consumption.. He ought to 'lo.l.iy . the taxation of perniCious an article to the ut most pitch that would' be compatible with any means ..3f successful resistance to the smuggler, instead of • risenting a bounty to. the dram-drinker , and se t t in g an indulgenee• to, spirits, against a discouragement Wholesome beer.. The 'consequences of the policy • pursized by MiniSters, On this subject are equally ma -nifest and grievous'. The multitudes of human beings • • trittiiied or frenzied: by the cheap recourse to ardent Sprits are increasing . every day, and the victims both of 4etticiotts crime - and of sanguinary legislation will, of necessity, multiply in the sine ratio; Wo do trust • that Mr. llobinsom will be dispoSed and prepared to. 'Submit to the next Parliament,' if not. to the present, a systematic and decisive reform of thisz very faulty financial management ; i-dr''sur6 we 'are, that •'it decent regard to the morality of - our revenue laws, 'as well as to their productiveness., will not render them less pa !stable to the legislative body, or' less effective in their practical operation.—(Mtd.) • the other affairs of life ! Suppose every merchantp were called upon to state his profits , every trades man his gains, every lawyer qind physician his , fees, every landlord his rents, &c. ; nay,' what is worse, supposb that yo had entrapped these persons into a secret and confidential commu nication of the 'facts, and that you' then made them public !—would not all the world cry out against the iiiiarny of such a proceeding ? And in what de.' gree is the present disclosure less infamous ? The truth is—and it .is necessary to call public attention to it—that if an Opposition Member' demands any thing, however tyrannical, however inquisitorial, how ever disgraceful, it must be granted. The Stamp Tax on Newspapers is, beyond all comparison, the heaviest tax in existence ; it is hard enough to be obliged to pay 300 or 400 per cent. oil the prime cost of the article ; but it is dreadful to have that tax made the means of prying into our private affairs, and laying all our concerns before the public ! do humbly, but confidently contend, ihat the Col lectors of the Revenue have no right to divulge secrets, which they learn in the discharge of their offi cial duty. If they have that ri&lit with regard to News paper Stamps, they nave it with regard to all other Taxes ; they ~have a right to publish the name of every man who borrows money of another, the amount of every man's stock in trade, the quantity of goods that he buys and' sells, ' the profit that he makes, or the loss that lie sustains. In short, the inquisition was nothing to the power thus given to the Tax Collectors. The Inquisition acted secretly, and on a few persons ; this mode of destroying a man's credit, and thereby his existence, is open, public, and universal. [BRITISH PRESS.] If our readers will refer to an article in another co. limm, .reSpecting tit result of the colliers' combina tion at Glasgow,. they will perceive that Mr. Hume has still further reason to covratulate himself on the amazing benefit which he hies'ipnferred on the " ope rative' classes (as they are now. elegantly termed), by procuring a repeal of the - Combination y Laws. Not warned by the distress which the Bradford combers and weavers, and even those nearer them - still—namely, the weavers of Glasgow .and Paisley—brought on them selves, by holding out for an increase of wages,• the colliers must inhale the same mischievous spint--mis chievous, however, in the end, only to themselves and their families. In the pride, or rather vanity, of their hearts, and in the intoxication of their joy, at believing their apostle (IVIr. Hume) had enabled themto force . what terms they pleased from their masters, they lavished from their " hard hands" their " vile trash," in order to present their emancipator with a piece of plate. Plate from the colliers of Scotland ! Had 'the present been a pewter : platter, the lead fur nished by Lord Hopetoun's miners, milled with 'a smallquantity'of the fine tin of Cornwall, and ac companied by a born cuttie spoon (our friend Joseph formerly understood what that means), we should have expressed nO' surprise ; but for any portion ofhis own grave calculating countrymen to think of giving him a piece of plate,. for ,enabling them to undo themselves and starve' their fainllies, we confess it does excite our amazement. We recollect that, like Caesar's affecta 7 ; tion M refusing the crown, he once put away the plate ; but that 'was when there was little likelihood of its being subscribed for, even after he had been accuse of offering to Make up any deficiency in the amount of the subscription that had been at first agreed upon. It ht-fortunate that he never got it, if the,poor 4aolijora Can make use of the silver, or the money that may be raised by its being melted again, to - relieve the diktresses brought on them by this eminently rhetorical ad vocate of all sort of freedom. We are far from thinking it right that masters should be allowed to combine to screw down their workmen io a bare pittance, while they give n6 . ' corresponding reduCtion in price to their customers. But surely that must be an alteration . for the worse, which legalizes the combinations of the working 'classes, and induces them to go to the still greater length or ihtimidatitig and absolutely.brutally assaulting those who are inclined to labourat the price which the masters offer. The consequence of such.. conduct is, that the latter are' compelled to incur a heavy expellee in keeping up a large armed force, to protect the sober and industi'.ous men who are willing to .support their families by honest labour, and by- so doing to increase thewealth of their eM ployers'and eventually the resources of the nation. • [MORNING CIIIIONICLE.] The declaration of Sir francis Burdett, on Tues day night, that " be was not so disinterested as not to feel for himself and tls4 belonging to. him ; and if, as a Gentleman of England, possessing a landed estate, he could feel that the measu r e in question was likely to be seriously injurious to him, he should oppose it," is entitled to praise for its manliness. Sir Francis en s deavours, in the course of his speech, to shew that the Corn Bill, by injuring the interests of all the other classes, could not possibly benefit the landlords ; but were it otherwise, were it possible that a measure which was injurious to the other classes could be bene ficial to the landlords, he frankly owns that, AS a landlord, he would support it. And it may be safely laid down as a rule, time the body which is in reisiession of. poWer will always exercise that power for its own advantage ; and that the moment when the interisit of the body becomes distinct from that of the public, that, tnoment the former receives the preference. Lord Milton, who thought with Sir Francis Burdett, again observed, " that it was impossible the landed interest could be ruined while the commerce of the country flourished," yet blushed for the order to which lie be longed, when he thought of the arguments they resorted to for the purpose of supporting the Corn Laws, which could not be maintained on those arguments on which other prohibitory laws pressing on this ternary had been maintained. The..laws to which he alluded had not been maintained avowedly for the benefit of a partiCular cleat, but beeause that class had bad the dexterity and ingenuity to per suade the Government and the Legislature that such laws were in fact for the benefit of the whole community. Lord Milton may be assured, that the order to which he belongs do no more than' any' other order would do similarly circumstanced, so long as they 'are convinced that their interest is promoted by the course which they pursue. His 'Lordship seems to think .that men ought to promote the public good in preference to their own, when the two are distinct ; .while Sir Francis seems to think men ought to prefer their own good to that of the public in a similar state of things; but neither of them can well suppose, however they may differ as to what men ought to , that any body of men will really prefer the interest of the public to their own. For our part, we blush for those who have read human nature to so little purpose as to place - the least reliance on the. professions of any body of men, except in cases, When what is professed is agreeably to the interest of the body professing. We would have men under stand one another. A man cannot help being wronged.; but there is always the greater chance of his being wrong, when he can at the same time be duped. It was said by Mr. Huskisson, " I mean to say that I think prohibition with respect to corn, not only to be a most irrational and pernicious measure, but it is a tenfold greater evil than prohibition with reference to any other article whatever." The Bill in question has produced the most disastrous effects, and till it is repealed, we must lay our account 'with further mischief. So king as an industrious country like this carries, on trade with the Continent, so long will 'the prohibition of the trade in an article of so much consequence as grain, constantly derange the other branches `of our commerce. Mr. Jacob has shown that the destruction of the corn trade ()idle - Countries on the Baltic has led to the eonversion of corn fields into sheep pastures. - Our farmers are not met in our markets with foreign corn, but they are met with foreign wool. If, therefore, the Corn Bill enhances the price el corn, it lowers the lace lot wool; But the price of the fleece ought to ~bear auQ small proportion to that of the whole sheep. Let it not be suPposed that the bowie and hilly parts of the country are alone interested in wool. Tliere cannot be good agriculture where a considerable proportion of a farm is not SEW TIMES.] We have before us, a Parliamentary Paper, ow' , which we think an appeal to the justice and fair dealing of the nation is absolutely necessary. It is entitled " - An Account of the- number of Stamps issued to reach 'Newspaper in Ireland, in each year , for the last aid years." No man can doubt, but that the motion "for this return was made for the purpose of founding • some attack on the Government, and no man can doubt but that the- means of making that attack were 'most, inquisitorial, oppressive, tytinnical, and dis • graceful. What right, we ask; has the Government tO disclose facts entrusted to it, for purposes of revenue, any more then a physician or a lawyer has lir disclose' communications made to him in profes ' sional confidence ? When the Property Tax was put • 831 end' to, we well remember Mr. Brougham's in sisting with great vehemence, that all -the books should -b'ciburrit, lest the private concerns of individnals should be 'divulged, and, burnt they accordingly were ; but difference there between the divulging what a proprietor of a vewspaper pays for his stamps, and -what the proprietor of a house or land pays for his premises e Jiere are, the concerns of 83 afferent establishments, laid open to the world—perhaps the immediate ruin of some of them may ensue, and yet they are divulged without the least hesitation or re itramt,. simply because some Opposition `Member, for po sition putposes, has demanded this dishonourable. In tal osure f We find one,pape.r usmg, in 1821, and,. in . 1825, less than d -shove 100,000 stamps, Now, we sa y, that 'v . 's most cruel, an 10 0 0 ' N I h ld Sec roost unjustifiable, w a r °calm tais tb t e wor . _ee bow the nine proee ing would operate throughout in turnips to be consumed by sheep. Thus no man can cal culate, with tolerable certainty, on any , thing, and we have become - it nation of gamblers. Sir Francis Burdett observed, that " the more food there was for the manufacturers, the,. more manufacturers there would be—the more their skill would be exerted—and the greater returns there would be ' for the produce of the agriculturist." He would have been more , correct if he bad said, that agriculture and commerce were merely branches of our manufactures—that originally the manufacturer is• a culti vator, and the cultivator a manufactunr ; but that in process of time, it is found more advantagmeAlutt the cultivator should have his clothes--his plough—his plough-irons, made by. others, who receive from him part of the greater quantity of food he is enabled , to raise, by devoting himself exclusively to that branch of industry. The perfection of the arts must necessarily and in all times include within it the prfection of agriculture as part of a whole. There is no instance of a perfection of agriculture without a general per fection of the arts—nor an instance of the perfection of all other arts while agriculture is imperfect.—Every fresh improvement in mechanics adds to the surplus of the farmer; and every improvement of agricultural skill is felt in the other arts.—The landlords in this country may be sure, that whatever adds to the industry of the. population, and increases their resources, will really, in the end, be most for their advantage. They have necessarily the monopoly of the soil. • Every addition to the wealth of the country must necessarily render that monopoly snore valuable. A free trade will enrich our neighbours, and we shall feel the benefit of their in creased wealth. We gain by whatever they can ,raise for us, by less labour than we Should have to bestow ontitising it at home. [MORNING HERALD.] It is the fashion now-a-days to envelope every sub ject in such a cloud of words, that the object is in the end lost sight of. Sbakspeare, whose mighty - mind seems to have grasp ed a knowledge both of nature and society, in times past, present, and to come, designates thii; when he describes a man as "spin= ning out the thread of his verbosity beyond the staple of his argu ment." This seems to be very much the case, not only in the late debate upon the Corn Laws, but in the multitudinous pam phlets, petitions, Ste., which have appeared upon the subject. If the intricacy of a subject were to be judged of by the words' which have been bestowed 'upon it, this might be deemed- one of the most obscure that ever engaged the attention of mankind ; where as, in fact, there never was, one more simple and obvious; and all that has been said upon the subject might be easily and effec tually answered by a parrot,- were he taught at the end of every harangue to repeat these plain words, "The Debt." Those words contain the whole sum and substance of the *latter, as far as the country is concerned-:-all the argumerits, all the calcula tions, all the eloquence, resolves itself into this,: that the taxed grower of corn at, home cannot compete with the untaxed far mer of foreign countries, without an adequate protecting duty. To wince the matter in any way, or to attempt to mystify it, by reference to abstruse, unintelligible theories, is only to practise an imposition upon the common sense and understandings of man kind ; and the only difficulty really is, at what point to draw the line —or, in other words, at what amount that protection duty ought to be fixed. We believe it is quite notorious to all who are practically.acquainted with the subject, that land has, upon the average, never paid, either to the owner or the occupier, , any thing like the same rate of interest as would be considered a fair mercantile profit upon the, same . amount of capital. As far us the ownerlis concerned, it seems. to have been admitted, and submitted to, by a kind of common consent ; for while the interest of money was five per cent. and often more, men were satisfied with two-and-a-half and three per cent., as a return for investments upon land. But why the retiring farmer should be so much worse off than any other tradesman we never could understand ; but that he is and always has been so ;(except in seasons of extraordinary rise) we believe is quite noto rious, and that while the shopkeeper, with a capital of 2,000/. en joys from the profits of his trade all the comforts and many of the 'luxuries aide, the farmer, with twit* Alutt capital, has often only the ehemmess of his own housekeeping tO,produce him any thing like an adequate return. We do not deny that there is in his edu cation and balsas, as well as in the very nature of his business, ranch which compensates for all this ; but 'at the same time, it' is fit, when something very, much like a clamour-is raised against a partieular class of the community, that their disadvan tages should be fairly stated, and that the public should not be misled as to their, real. situation. That the first necessary of life should be rendered to the people at the lowest possible rate, m 1 that the principle of free trade should extend to that 6ininctlity, in which of 41....,0thers it -is most important that it should , exit, are,"itiNins which cannot be denied ; but to tat the agriculturist with one hand r and. then .to call up6n.him,to render his commodity at such a price as it taxation ea isted,h so Manifestly absurd, as to require no elucida tion. Unshackle the fiirmer, if it were possible, and then deal with him, and expect him to act as a free man ; but to compete in price with the foreign corn grower, as he now is,i were as prepos terous as to ask him.to run a pace against the sanueperson on Bag shot Heath, with thq chains abouais neck and ancles which you 'tare placed there. :The Meeting of. the Shareholders in the'. "'United Chilian IVliiiing Company,".which was held the - other, day, exhibited a ape eimen of grotesque misery, Surpaseing any thing that Fielding has described, or Hogarth ever painted. When we compare the rue ful visages of the complainin's groups that assembled under the ominous sign of the Vulture, with the lively, joyous, and expectant countenances which they displayed some twelve moons since, we can hardly credit their ideutity—yet they .are the same persons; but, all 1 . . how changed from what they were! Then they were rushing to suly.eribe to " the bubble," which, by the talismanic aid di% press: . is, that worked like the spell of an enchantment, seenied io their eyes a mountain of solid, yellow, glittering gold ! Now the charm is dissolved, they find that the Projector had the faculty which -Shakspeare ascribes to the Poet, of giving to " airy nothing a local habitation and a name," and they wonder at their.own infatuation. This comes of peo ple not being .content to go on in the plain old-fashioned Eng lish way of getting rich by regular industry. A disposition for dash, show, and extravagance has been generated of late years among those classes which had. formerly been con sidered the'most sober in the community. Regarding the counter, the ledger, and 'the pen behind the ear, as vulgar things, and not - to lie tolera '.4 in this age of "mental improve ment," thousands'of our ci rens, whose fathers had placed them in reputable lines of burin . left "the shop" to take care of itself, and endeavoured to becop e ddenly opulent, running to projec tors, as silly girls who want husbatuls go to fortune-tellers. They dreaMt of nothing' but villas,, mistresses, rich banquets, packs of hounds, and the grand tour ! But while they were capering in imagination onward to the regions of pleasure and fashion, they found themselves, like Tony Lumpkin's company, "soused into the horsv-Tond at,the bottom of their own garden." 7 Then there wee wringing of hernia and all sorts of lamentation. But the day of reckoning was to come, and one of those days of reckoning was that to which we have alluded, of the meeting at the George and Vulture. There was a uieb Ohne') assembled, who some time ago blessed their "lucky stars'''that allowed them, while enjoying the luxuries of London, ~' $O. rake the b owe l s of chi l i and Mexico for gold ; aud, like bun who comman d e d t bi slave of do, lamp, to receive the preeicine metal, without the vulgar equivalent of labour, until their very caprices were saturated with gold. In that the day of-iic e riate4 - ropeetatton, we warned thews in vain of, the consequence Predicted what has now happened; but the warning was as trap : and as neglected as the prophecies of Cassandra. —But is it not wonderful that among the amazing mass of fools which that season 'produced, the Members of the Chilian Mining Association shouldAe sturdy in their' credulity. Let it lie re= membered, that oite;of their most active Diret;toTe was a Peer of the Realm, and a hereditary Counsellor of the Croivii—and surely he who has the privilege of 'advising the Sovereign in cases of emergency ought be competent at any time to give sound and useful 'counsel ti the people. Did those who put faith in the promises of Lordleynham find it SG? Let the shareholders of the. United Chilian Mining Society answer. Aetieon, torn in pieces by his own dogs, did not cut a MOM lameiitablii figure than his Lordship did the other night, when turned upon and worried by the " pack of staunch .ones" which he had been so long feeding with golden hopes. What a situation for . the stainless honour of Nobility to had itself in ! Well might Burke say, that " the age of chivalry was past," if he had lived to see 'Noble Lords and Honourable Captains running the gantelope through a crowd of exasperated tradesmen, hitting them right and left with coarse sarcasms and saucy invective, as the only satisfaction they could take for being deluded into vain hopes, and abandoned to bitter disappointment ! But perhaps Lord Teynhain may console himself by not having had to pawn his star, and the Honourable Captain Curzon may look forward with some redeeming anticipation to the next list of Naval promotions.—() ") • REMARKABLE DAY.—This is the anniversary.of the birth of Henry Fielding, the author of « Tom Jones," 1707 ; and of the total eclipse of the Sun,. n I'4 l :gland, when the darkness was so great thatihe stars taintlY:appear e d, and the birds went to roost at ten in the morning, 1715. - • Mr. KEAN arrived at .Charleston on the 12th ult. and was to make his first appearance in the character of Richard the Third. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF' KING'S BENCH, APRIL 21. THE ZING V. WM. BRYAN. The defendant in this case, the printer and publisher of the Common Sense Sunday' newspaper, appeared on informations filed against him at the prosecution of Robert Fitzhardinge Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle, and Alfred Bunn, Biqa, for hiving published in that paper divers false and malicious libels of. and concerning the prosecutors. To both the informations the defendant pleaded " guilty," and threw himself on the mercy of the Court and prosecutors • Mr. Justice BAYLEY, having inquired if there was any gentlemen on the part of the prosecutors instructed to move for the judgment of the Court, Mr. BALNEwALL, in the absence of Mr. BROUGHAM, the defendant's counsel, stated, that he was not prepared to pray the judgment of the Court. The defendant was then remanded to the custody of the goaler of White-cross street prison. CONSISTORY COURT, APRIL 21. THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF WESTMEATH r. THE MARCHIONESS OF WESTMEATH. This case came on to-day for judgment. It way a suit insti tuted by the Marquis of Westmeath against the Marchioness, for the restitution of his conjugal rights, in which citation was taken out in Hilary Term 1819. The facts have been so frequently before the public, that it will not be now necessary to enter into theM. The ground upon which the Marchioness declined living with her husband was on account of alleged adultery and cruelty on his part. • Sir C. ROBINSON, in pronouncing judgment, took a full re view of the evidence as set forth in the affidavits. The alleged acts of adultery he considered not to be established. With respect to the acts of cruelty with which the Marquis was charged with having committed, previous to the deed of sepa ration and to the reconciliation, the Court was inclined to be lieve them to have been fully made out; but the difficulty which then presented itself was, whether the reconciliation and subse quent cohabitation did :not put it beyond the power of the CoUrt to interfere in those specified acts. As to the charges of cruelty brought forward, stated to have happened in 1817 and 1818, they did not, in the estimation of the Court, amount to ;'that species of cruelty which justified legal interference. With re spect to the particular facts of alleged cruelty in 1818 and 1814, evidence had been offered which showed that the Marquis had used extremely violent language towards the Marchioness ' • that he bad struck her several blows, and that lie had threatened to disinherit his daughter, Lady Rosa. It was likewise proved that in the year 1818, when on the road to Paris, he struck her in the pre sence of Miss Wood and a female servant, and used exceedingly violent Language towards her. In September and October of 1817 he addressed several letters to her, written in a very impressive strain, in a tone of self-humiliation, acknoWledging in general terms, his having acted with great harshness towards her for which he expressed great contrition. The Court thought that there was a defeat of evidence, which might have been supplied by the friends of the Marchioness, which would have shown on what terms she was living with her husband, both before and after the reconciliation. The deed of separation, which was executed the latter end of 1817, gave her a provision of 1,800/. a-year, and 800/, a-year to Lady Rosa. In 1819, several quarrels were stat ed to have taken place between the. Marquis and Marchioness, re specting the terms of the deed, and ou one occasion his Lordship was said to have entered her Ladyship's dressing-roan (when she was preparing for an evening party), in a violent rage, declaring that he would not have the income given her which had been agreed upon. Sir Christopher Robinson said, that the conduct on the part of the Marquis, subsequent' to the reconciliation, amounted only to violence of temper; hilt his conduct iu 1814 and 1615, if' acted upon then, might have subjected him to a divorce by reason of cruelty. No steps being taken at that period with a view to obtain•-such as object, and the parties having afterwards become reconciled, he WAS of opinion that the former cruelty, insisted upon by the Marchioness, could not avail her, it not bring new open for her to -pursue that course. The Learned Judge said he had the gratification of knowing, his judgment might be appealed from, if the parties thought proper, and the best con clusion to which he could come, after a mature consideration of the subject, was, to pronounce in favour of the prayer of the-Mar quis of Westmeath. , A decree to that effect was then taken, and the Marchioness of Westmeath was cited to return Leine and reside with the Margins: • It is understood, that there will be an appeal from this de. vision to the Court' of Delegates. • COURSE OF F.X(IIANGE, April et, A nistettlitin It! 10 c. F. Ditto, at Sight lt 7 Rotterdam Antwerp I :1 11 ti Uo Altoint Paris, 3 Day's. tight ~ ~. „ u , 9.1 , 0 s. Ditto - • Monrdean x, Alit I a Berlin 7 n ro ant% fort on if, m it i n Pettnsbingh Si Vicuna . • 10 48 Triebte - . IV 48 Madrid .. ~.- 354 Ferct ire Cadiz 3illi rt • !I:Ales:low* ieY014 , iitirall at Leghorn Nef..4l . ..... ~ ... 43 --Veal , t., Ital. Li v. 95 Malta ----..Niti.leN 384 ealertair Lislittil Oporto • 5l 'tit, Jaacii o 11;%Ilia ' 47 Buen..s Ayres I)alilitt ....• 15 C•It I ti pet C.,att. BULLION. .. l'orttical r01.1,i to Coin Foreign Gold, in lilts NOV Dolllibitffig New D0113r4 Silver Standard tit 1007 ? 00G 0 ties Os ...0 4 L 1 • • COAL AIARKET, Amin. 21. Beaumont, 234—Charlotte, 30s—Dean'8 Primrose, 27s' 6d Eightoh Moor, Ns 6d—llebburn 30,3 d —Killingworth, 32s Main, 2Cs . --Newburn , 30s 3d --Pelaw, 323—Pcrey East, 27 8 —Pontop Windsor, •20s 6ti— Shipeote, 213g—'Panfield Moor. 31s 6d—Townley; 30a nd ..Willingtnn 33s 6d to 3 , ls—Wylam, 324.—Wa11s End Bewicke 711htl Co. 36311(1—Walls . End Brown's, 3.i 3d—Walls End Hot spur, 31s ill to 323—'-Walls End Hilda, 30s--Walla End Nt w. march, 324—Walls End Northumberland, 31s to 31s 6d Walls End Riddell's; 351—Blution Busty,. 278—Walls End .11b11 small. 21s —Culin Cox„ 30s—Hartley. 31s--Walls End :Old Etherley, 31s—Walls End Hetton, 37s 6d--Walls End 'Lyon's, 3ls 9(l—Walls End Lambton, 37s 6d—Walls End Stewart's, 378 6d.—.Ships at market, 614 --Ships sold, 38k — Unsold, 23. DISTRESSING EVENT.—WC have to communicate the painful intelligence of the loss in the West Indies of five Missionaries of the Wesleyan connexion, with the wives of two of them, four children, and two ser vants. They had been to the district meeting held at St. Kitt's, and were returning in the mail-boat to their several stations., when they were overtaken by a storm, the boat driven on a shoal, and all on bdard perished, except Mrs. JONES, .who was saved, after being three days on the wreck. In consequence of the non-arrival at Antigua of the mail-bdat, an agent was sent in quest of it, when Mrs. JONES was found on the wreck in a state of the most complete exhaustion. Her hus band died in her arms the preceding night. Names of the sufferers:—lVlr. and Mrs. WHITE, with three children and servant ; Mr. JONES, Mr. HILLIAR, and Mr. OKE. Mr. and Mrs. JONES were natives of the Potteries.—(Pottery April 19.) A Noble Earl, a native of Ireland, and a genuine f r i e nd to liberty, is, we understand, the author of De Vavasour, a tale of the 14th century, which will short ly be published. The extraordinary, though not very large, collection of old Plays, which were sold by SOTHEBY, one day last week, produced upwards of 5001. DIED. f hiS fe l At North Allerton, on the 13th inst , is the 3(1 yes!' °- Edward, son of Edward Smyth, •Esq. • we 01 the On Ho th n e l E 6 as th t. l in n s d t ia ., at Camberwell, 8,er11%,.i..1,!.r. William Ferrell, jell' On the 16th iust., at Durham, Mr. Richard Tay lOt Isl i in the house of Messrs. Hoare and Co., Fleet-street. fill• On the 20th inst. l e t f li se ulfrv.ieeme,DO;ll:4nlthlvtiaeednurrvrlntiB;:daeoLatwiy,hillaetfh•i,.r lieoss.itieytlo9llStythibiAnoluse:try,, Cill'ilaroaxyrt,ioetTutih, afterowmiseasallo:foLuilltro°o° caiioceofielcl ~, i eu, , Mary, so , mr. George Cook, of Pentonville. tuid mother of ',Wo of Gieat Geariei, The:icing Side, Eesex. aged 74 * . f it do .° . tai ven children ir.orts . stnd . a tlurineL:erc.ois,;_.lltileol:: Printed end ltiblished for the PRQPRIETaIta, ,10; Orriot, N 0.112, Strand, by J. 0. Ca.iiiilAl POLTICE • INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. ' Yesterday, a gentleman applied to the LORD .MAiroa for sum monses or warrants against some persons, who held themselves forth as Directors of a Company called the Alliance Granite and China Clay Company. The applicant produced a number of finely engraved documents, ,of which the following is a copy : ALLIANCE GRANITE AND CHINA CLAY COMPANY. Received for the Alliance Granite and China Clay CompanY. 3o the credit of the Directors, the sum of Three Pounds Ten Shil lings to account for on demand. For Ereret, Walker, Maltby, Ellis, and Co. T. GILBAST. £l2 10s. The complainant stated that he had paid 1251. upon a number of these shares, on the presumption that a.Company had been re gularly formed, and was established. That he believed was not the case. No prospectus had been sent forth, but so many as one thousand shares had been issued without any such formality-- 2/. 10s. had been paid upon them, and 2,5001. was received at the bankers (Messrs. Everett and Co.), which had been drawn out, and he understood expended. The balance in the hands of. Messrs. Everett and Co. was, he learned from them, no more than 9/. 10s., or thereabouts. The LORD MAYOR asked what inducementslad been held out , to bring forth the money so readily ? The applicant stated, that it had been held fort h to them that they, were to supply the granite for building London -bridge. --- There was one of the Members of the Corporation among the Directors. The LORD MAYOR said he could not conceive it possible that such a representation had been held out, as it was notorious that the •supply had been contracted for before the formation of ths. Company. iC The applicant said, that a quarry bad been purchased, end formed part of the ground of his charge, that the persons who • bought were also those who sold it. They had taken the Coto- ', pany's money out of one of their pooliets and put it into the other, and, there were no proceeds whatever, and nothing had b een done the LORD MAYOR—Have ou made any application to did Directors upon that subject ? The applicant declared that lie bad applied repeatedly, and that they had promised to restore to him the money they had obtained , " Nothing, however, was forthcoming, and after having given thew! , notice that he should resort to a course of this nature, he at knew adopted it. He declared that he was in possession of the techai° cal proof, and that he could prove it to be, from beginning to end, as gross a case as any which had been brought before his Lordship. The Loan MAYOR, after consulting with his legal adviser, who-thought the case, if proved as stated, was one punishable as' a combination to defraud, directed one of his officers to ' request the attendance of the Directors, to meet the charge of obtaining money under the false pretence of carrying on a Company. MARY-LA -BONNE. Anne-street,iararet Rceadiayenndgi,s:sqrvusanrtettoaptphlei'edßetov. Att. der the following circumstance :—She stated that her father Magi 6age :str of at iQ e, u r and mother died some time since, leaving her, with two brothers , utterly destitute. She bad engaged herself in a reputable . service, but her two brothers went to Mary-la-Bonne Work ; house, one of whom was placed in the • shop of a woollendrape r s and she had received notice that , if the other was Al taken from the Workhouse by this daY (Sa turda y ) he vi,l,l* be sent to America. This was extremely disagreeable b 4", to her and him; she, therefore, requested the interference or his Worship. Mr. Rawlinson said , a Co mmittee of the -11001. of Commons was now sitting to determine on the propriety 0f sending destitute children to Canada; but that the 6flicers ect; tainly had no ri g ht to act until the Committee had d e cidediAll'' directed her to return to the Board, and delive r his opinion, This the girl did, and returned, saving that two men had t 6 ld ber ` in the presence of the Board, that Mr. Rawlinson had nothiss,t4 do with it. Mr. R., smiling, said lie would persotudlY quire into the subject, and communicate the result to the aPPlica° GUILDHALL. James Smith and Samuel Parosei were brought befor e l t Add. Ku, charged with having stolen a quantity of ,books, property of Messrs. J. Robins and Co. the books ellers, in Ter' o7, Paternoster-roar.--,..- Smith is a great luberly lad o f spve -, ... or thereabout; but Pawsey, who directed all the operations of to robbery, is a little urchin, apparently not more than ten P a" it uld. , - Abtf The circumstances, as detailed in evidence, we re taus ~-errana ten o'clock on Thursday morning, the Proseentors.aeot oe4', boy with a bag, containing thirty- fi ve balf-bound octavos 11100, of Jame's Naval History, and other works, tu -Isl.e '"' j,; Way . Paivsey, the little fellow above described, wh o "' w e d and Co., the book-auctioneers, in Fletst-street. 0 1: f ja d ts, by thither, he was met, at the corner of Bridge-41r`°' 12,13 d him if be bad a mind to earn threepence. . .irbe errand boy a* '',_ a • ,r. in Bride -lane, f o r wanted him to do —" • , Only to g o tolse• 1 I, hesitating ,to 'b of il " • . asket sk, replied Pit ' d the errr.Ad " ° Y a wsey ; an • +,,,, ill ' ute, undertake - undertake the job ; Paw se y adde,l--" Weo , sr-' a - In • h, the I'll get somebody to go with you."-. At this moment,' Smit h , hod other prisoner, Lame up to them ; and Pawsql laY in g - I dove upon Smith's arm, m id--" Should you like to e1.'7 1 - i i• s i t id panee?" Smith repliCd that' he should, and Pateley' the .0 he - would give them three-pence each - if they. w0nb4.4,41, No. '7 in Bride-lane, and ask for two baskets of jilk , ~, stupid errand boy instantly agreed to go; sod hiaving . bie,'7 o vhat be of books in Pawsey's care, with ..a strict injrction ?P'6l, open it, he set out with Smith on this fool's errand. TheY,,g . tered Bride-lane at the Bridge-stieet eta of it i.und Stu itii;io7oii of looking for the house they had been directed to, suddeolY„ i „ e , to his heels and scampered through Bride-passage into line street again. The errand boy became alarmed at this .°u I t o movement, and instantly running back to where' he hee, Pawsey, he saw him waddling off with the . hag o d e e v- .1 upon his shoulder , as fast as his little knavish legscoul ~,, him. Of course the errand boy was not long in far: • him; and just as he had caught him, the prisoner; 0 ., f was brought back by a constable who had been wateb'.'eTi the operation twoope pr ra i t so io n n ers fr i o n m an th npa e n b y egi b n r ni i n ie g iu , iy an an d hstour•hob:ettarde-,,beer!rutof similar attempts on other lads whom they met carrying Pe rc l t 'l The ALnEn3tAN asked the errand-boy how he could be ''''' as to leave his master's property in the hands of a strayer? ..f 4, Why, Sir," replied he, " I didn't think be would do '''' thing wrong—he was such a little one I" 4,111 e th en then h a o s u k g e h d t ~ And pray Sir," said the A Lorastax to the ' little one,' did you run away with this.boy's bag?" rent 4 bit ,a s for T htu ieowai iALDERMAN him, and t h • , after,uitl it,"uiio it was for, srr. ? 1. 1 zio,, a ~ I didn't run away with it, Sir," replied he ; " I stoppau s e . be h 0 0 to • w uc t clue ,;•,,is , , s,:nelritation,. he replied—" I didn't sand 'em for no le' _ . hirmd take t it sil to k tihtewasplacite+ :: 40- if I did, I wasn't in earnest." They were both committed for trial, BIRTHS. On the 20th instant, M rs . Thomas John Smyth , of 06reOei'fr. terrace, Pentonville, of a son. n y - the-Slat instant, in Gloucester-place, thl Judy Simon, inn., Esq., of a daughter, . ' On the 18th inst. the wife of Mr. Villiers Pearce (")r -the Royal Navy,) of neon. , . . . n l5 MARRIED. A O ti On the 18th instant, at Lambeth Church, William, •- w - cle South, Esq., of St. Savi our ' s , S ou thwark, to Matilda Anv've. Esq., only daughter of Edwyn E vans L eac h, Es o f Canterb urr. 1 Lambeth. . .• the 114,, On Thursday, at St. G e o r ge's, Hanover-square, kr c o lkg' Bishop of Lincoln, th e Rev. Thomas Nayler, of St, Johole vor y. l': Cambridge, Chaplain to his Royal ILigimess the Duke of ootc. l Miss Dora Napier, second daughter of Sir George Na Y ier' ,le• Kin.. of Arms. ' Diorc t On Thursda, the 20tli inst., at St. Mary's Chum'' ,.. .ph „ bone, by the Rev. Smith Marriott, the Rev. John DilTl to fr e , field, Prebend of Kildare, and Rector of Geeshill, Ireh".' , , poo - Eliza, eldest daughter of Sir John Wyldbore Smith, of " ..>" House, Dorset, Bart. • ------ .